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Mastermind
Fiddlehead Brewing Company
- From:
- Fiddlehead Brewing Company
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- New England IPA
Ranked #82 - ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- 98
Ranked #364 - Avg:
- 4.43 | pDev: 8.35%
- Reviews:
- 191
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 07, 2024
- Added:
- Sep 06, 2013
- Wants:
- 393
- Gots:
- 271
"Tropical fruit notes.Straw colored with a hazy glow. Pineapple and Cantaloupe are dominant characteristics. This beer finishes with a slight tartness.
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Ratings by ragnar3:
Reviewed by ragnar3 from Iowa
4.06/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a can into a tulip. Slightly hazy yellow pour. More tropical than piney but maltier than I prefer my IPA's. Worth searching out overall but there are better NE IPA's available.
Jan 29, 2016More User Ratings:
Reviewed by SSS from Canada (QC)
4.62/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.62/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
A-Hazy medium yellow with a frothy white head and great lacing
S-Tropical fruit delight with a funk element
M-Medium to full body with low end carbonation and a juicy mouthfeel. There is a slight peppery pinch, but mild.
T-Sweet citrus, with a delicate bitter pith flavour
O-Excellent brew.
Dec 14, 2023S-Tropical fruit delight with a funk element
M-Medium to full body with low end carbonation and a juicy mouthfeel. There is a slight peppery pinch, but mild.
T-Sweet citrus, with a delicate bitter pith flavour
O-Excellent brew.
Reviewed by hreb from Washington
4.18/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pint can dated 10/10/23; served in a tapered pint glass. Frothy milkshake appearance, extremely turbid. Aroma of sweet pineapple. Flavor has a more assertive hop bitterness. Still fresh and juicy, but the taste has much more classic pine bitterness, typical of a conventional Double IPA. This is a really delicious New England IPA!
Nov 19, 2023Reviewed by Chickenhawk9932 from Pennsylvania
4.29/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.29/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a hazy pale yellow with a frothy off white head that leaves trails of lace.
Smells delicate fruit and floral notes lemon apricot and fresh baked bread.
Fruity earthy hops with a slight malt bread backbone.
Sep 14, 2023Smells delicate fruit and floral notes lemon apricot and fresh baked bread.
Fruity earthy hops with a slight malt bread backbone.
Rated by Captain69 from Illinois
4.05/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
great hoppy ipa full of hop tastes in every sip
Jul 04, 2023Reviewed by Ocalafox from Florida
4.71/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.71/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Pours a deeply hazy dulled lemon gold topped with a finger or so of creamy white head; retention is very good.
Huge pineapple, grapefruit, malt sweetness, tangerine, juicy fruit.
Dank and juicy... grapefruit, pineapple, and mango. Mild melon and more citrus.
M/O Another super drinkable juice bomb from Fiddlehead. Great flavor... super beer.
May 29, 2023Huge pineapple, grapefruit, malt sweetness, tangerine, juicy fruit.
Dank and juicy... grapefruit, pineapple, and mango. Mild melon and more citrus.
M/O Another super drinkable juice bomb from Fiddlehead. Great flavor... super beer.
Mastermind from Fiddlehead Brewing Company
Beer rating:
98 out of
100 with
1518 ratings
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